Brooke Woods

Brooke Woods (Dlel Taaneets) was raised at fish camp on the Yukon River in Rampart, Alaska. She currently develops strategies with policymakers and Indigenous communities for Woodwell’s Arctic Permafrost Pathway project, focusing on just, science-backed, Arctic policy. Her work supports Indigenous-led adaptation and relocation governance frameworks. Woods is raising her family and completing a bachelor’s degree in tribal governance of fisheries at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF). She previously worked as a fisheries policy analyst at the Tanana Chiefs Conference and served as executive chair for the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission for six years.